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Re: 7 billion people on 1 page

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Post by jere »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #37
seivan wrote: post #15

Soooo...... am I the only one who noticed Africa was annotated with a black coloured human, and Asia with a yellow one.

Is there a particular color Africans or Asians prefer to associate themselves with moreso than the colors chosen there? Just curious. I don't see how associating a certain continent with a certain color would be racist.

A lot of racial slurs are based on a caricature of people's skin colors. Selecting a color that has historically had that problem and then intentionally assigning it to the target of those caricatures seems, if not malicious, at least completely oblivious.

Re: 7 billion people on 1 page

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Post by Retric »

savrajsingh wrote: post #27

Everyone could fit in a cube 1.1 miles on a side. Let's say each person gets a 72 inch tall, 30 inch wide, 20 inch deep box. That's about 28 cubic feet per person. If you stacked all 7B of these next to each other in a cube, you'd have a cube with a side of just 1.1 miles. http://instacalc.com/11188

A lot of people would not fit in boxes of that size (6'x2'6"x1'8"). But, if you where thinking of an average that might work.

Re: 7 billion people on 1 page

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Post by redblacktree »

Retric wrote: post #52
savrajsingh wrote: post #27

Everyone could fit in a cube 1.1 miles on a side. Let's say each person gets a 72 inch tall, 30 inch wide, 20 inch deep box. That's about 28 cubic feet per person. If you stacked all 7B of these next to each other in a cube, you'd have a cube with a side of just 1.1 miles. http://instacalc.com/11188

A lot of people would not fit in boxes of that size (6'x2'6"x1'8"). But, if you where thinking of an average that might work.

They'd fit if you got creative. You could always put pieces of them in someone else's box. :)

Re: 7 billion people on 1 page

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Post by solistice »

redblacktree wrote: post #53
Retric wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of people would not fit in boxes of that size (6'x2'6"x1'8"). But, if you where thinking of an average that might work.

They'd fit if you got creative. You could always put pieces of them in someone else's box. :)

7 billion people in cramped boxes, some of them with limbs amputated and some of them with body parts in their box, with no ventilation, waste disposal or food supply. Sounds like a great xkcd what-if. That reminds me that you can fit 7 billion people on Rhode Island, but the geopolitical effects of that would be less than beneficial.

Re: 7 billion people on 1 page

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Post by solistice »

davidw wrote: post #23
masukomi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an indication to scroll to the right that masquerades as link to see more, then leaves you annoyed that it didn't work if you're actually foolish enough to try and click on a link to see more wee little people icons.

It's at this point that you realize you have better things to do with your life anyway.

Nah, I just scrolled to the right and forgot about any meaning or reason.
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